digant
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i m glad that i got a chance to post here. i will not take long, just short and sweet exam experience...
total preparation time- 9 months
exam tools-
kaplan notes(except patho),
goljan notes(500,100 pages),
highyield(for anatomy, histology,embryology,neuroanatomy)
kaplan q book
uw
first aid
preparation details- i have devided my prep in 4 phases.
3.5 month- 1st read
2.5 month- 2nd read
2 month- 3rd read
1 month- last read
3.5 months- 1st read-
i have used kaplan notes+goljan.
during 1st read i had just took simple overview and sorted out my weak areas in every subjects.
2.5 months- 2nd read-
i have used kaplan notes+goljan+highyields+ q book after each subject
i used highyields bcoz i was weak in anatomy, neuro, and embryo.
i have made a my notes from q book from the qs that i answered wrong.
2 months- 3rd read-
i have used kaplan notes+goljan+ uw(taken online)+first aid
i did uw as untimed mode. read the each explanation. and made a notes from uw. mean while i listed a topics in my note books that i have to revised in last 3 days b4 exam.
1 month- last read-
guys.... that period was crazy for me...
initially i had not idea what to do in last month..so i have read, whatever came in mind...just gone crazy.. afterall i m a human being...
so during last month, i have read my weak topics from kaplan, goljan that i have made a list abt those..revised uw second time..
during last week-- i did my notes(that i had made from q book, uw) goljan 100, first aid. above all my notes helped me a lot in real exam..thanx...
real exam experience-took on 26 th december-2007
i was much tensed that day... but exam was really good.. no problem with time management... did first 3 block back to back...then took 15 min break...then 2 block back to back-->15 min break--> one block-->15 min break-->last block...
i got so many qs those r totally new for me.... but those r so simple that even u dont know anything u can give true answer by simple logic.
got so many graphs, tables, ct, mri, patho slide specially hematology..so be careful abt that...
scores-
kaplan q book- 72% average
uw- 76%
nbme- did not do.. even i didnt know anything abt it.
real step 1 score-- reported on 13 rd february-2008
that was............ 252-99 ................
i have no word to explain my happyness..such feeling euphoria since one week....
thats all
feel free to ask anything...
this forum helped me a lot....so thanxs to all forum members...
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| milee99
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congrates
u studied well so u got the deserved score
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| atash
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Dear Digant,
Congratulation and Best wishes for your step 2.
I have just finished my 1st review and planning to do my 2nd review by doing usmleworld and reading it's answer and explanation with kaplan notes. I think it is more efficient to keep in mind the subjects rather than just reviewing the kaplan's note again alone.
But I am not sure about this decision. I would really appreciat if you help me.
thanks
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| atash
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Sorry, I forgot my another question... Since you have passed step 1, How much efficient you see Kaplan for Anatomy question ? you think I need to start HY for anatomy and emberio and histology ?
Thank you very much in advance.
Atash
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| Summer.Thunder
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man, reading these kind of messages make me feel nervous, nothing against you, i will try not to read these kind of things for a while now
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| step99
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congrats..
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| yousefreda
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yea he was smart to leave usmle world for the end.. i dont recommand doing usmleworld after ur first read.. u need to have a strong concept to attempt usmleworld to begin with.. after the 2nd read is probably best and after qbook also..
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| digant
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sorry for late reply....bcoz i dont have internet connection at my home.. using my friends connection...
thanx to all of u.
to atash-- yousefreda is right...i think u world shoud be done along with 3rd reading after completing q book...
and kaplan anatomy is more than enough for exam...i used highyield bcoz my knowledge was totaly zero in those subjects..so i have used hy just for to boost my confidence in those subject...
one more thing... i got hardly 12 to 15 qs abt pure anatomy,histo,embryo...in my real exam...majority were abt patho,pathophysio,pharma etc.....
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| Linda99
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Summer.Thunder wrote:
man, reading these kind of messages make me feel nervous, nothing against you, i will try not to read these kind of things for a while now
I agree with you . This is nonsense . It is saying that someone needs 9 months to pass the usmle . WHo can afford such time when one has to think about putting food on the table , paying bills , rent and taking care of a family ..
 It can be disocuraging to the average person and creates a perception that an exceedingly long time frame is needed ... food for thought ..why re read stuff that you already know ??
I'd say three or four months is plenty time .. if one also has a job and family to take care of ...
guys .. u don't need to take so long ...anyone that does this approach is clearly
NOT effective ..
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| Linda99
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Summer.Thunder wrote:
man, reading these kind of messages make me feel nervous, nothing against you, i will try not to read these kind of things for a while now
I agree with you . This is nonsense . It is saying that someone needs 9 months to pass the usmle . WHo can afford such time when one has to think about putting food on the table , paying bills , rent and taking care of a family ..
It can be disocuraging to the average person and creates a perception that an exceedingly long time frame is needed ... food for thought ..why re read stuff that you already know ??
I'd say three or four months is plenty time .. if one also has a job and family to take care of ...
guys .. u don't need to take so long ...anyone that does this approach is clearly
NOT effective ..
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| Linda99
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scary
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| digant
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one thing i would like to mention that, i m doing my internship rtnow.. and i studied for step 1 along with my internship running on....so i took a 9 month for that... i agree with linda99 that no one should waste 9 month for step 1..... and i know i m not a such a inteligent guy who can remember everything by reading a book a one time....may be u got a mind of albert einstain(correct spelling if i m wrong) and can memorise every thing by just one reading....if u can......hats off sir.....
and guys we r not here to comment on other guys... just grasp good things from here...otherwise just forget abt it
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| Troy780
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Linda99 wrote:
scary
a few months of dedicated studying should be more than enough .. if one knows how to study they will do very well with a time frame of 3 months ...
most people do this while they are working ...the idea is not to keep reading over the material ..
just my 2 cents
Edited by Troy780 on 02/21/08 - 12:30 PM
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| RajKumar
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Summer.Thunder wrote:
man, reading these kind of messages make me feel nervous, nothing against you, i will try not to read these kind of things for a while now
Don't let anyone get u nervous . Do not worry about how long others are taking the test . I recommend doing a diagnostic test and work on your weakness..pick a few resources and stick to it !!
good luck
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| dr_elrifai85
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congratulation
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| epc924
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congrats to ur excellent score!!
just have some questions regarding molecular bio...how many questions did u have? cuz i heard now they throw in alot of molecular questions and did u think kaplan did a good job on this section? thank you
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| atash
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Thank you digant for your reply.
Good luck in step 2.
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| hillsboro07
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Hi Dignant,
Thank u for ur post .I am going to take step 1 in May.I am going to do exactly the same materials u did.By the way,how was ur feeling during exm?Are u confident that u are making at least 30-35 questions correct per block or u had no idea how u did in the exam.Can u tell about ur tricks to quickly read a question?
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